Sticking to the Script

de Stella Weaver (2019) - Smartypants Romance

Résumé : Steven Thompson had a bad year. A string of mean, kinky (the alarming kind, not the good kind), and crazy dating debacles combined with a boss who appears to be experiencing male-prenatal-psychosis means Steven’s stress levels are high. They’re so high, he’s decided to quit dating and focus instead solely on his job.

Until he meets Dr. Ken Miles.

Doctor Ken Miles is having a fantastic year. His hard work is paying off in a big way... professionally. But his social life? Not so much.

Until he meets Steven Thompson.

Steven isn’t so sure about Dr. Miles, but Ken is one hundred percent certain about Mr. Thompson. And even though both men know full well that the key to getting what you want out of life is hard work, they can’t seem to make them—together—work.

Will they ever get on the same page? Or just keep sticking to the same old script?

'Sticking to the Script' is a full-length contemporary romantic comedy, can be read as a standalone, and is book #2 in the Cipher Office series, Knitting in the City World, Penny Reid Book Universe.


Pour les lectrices assidues de Penny Reid, les deux héros de cette romance ne seront pas inconnus car ils étaient tous les deux des personnages secondaires, et là enfin ils ont droit à leur moment *couinage*. Doctor Ken Miles (DKM pour les intimes) on le rencontre dans le tome d'Elizabeth et Nico, où il n'était pas présenté sous son meilleur jour mais ici il se transforme d'un coup en choupi-chou... Steven, qui travaille avec Janie et Quinn à Cipher Security (on le croise aussi dans Code of Conduct) l'est tout autant ^^.

Je dois dire que c'est la première romance M/M que je lis, ce n'est pas un genre qui m'attire particulièrement et j'ai bien fait de commencer avec une romance sur des personnages et un univers que je connais déjà :D . Stella Weaver écrit très bien et équilibre parfaitement des scènes d'humour, de couinage et d'émotion.

Je suis passée un peu par tous les stades émotionnels avec ce roman. Même si Steven et DKM vont affronter des challenges de vie pas super joyeux et que la tension dramatique est bien présente, ce roman est rempli d'humour avec des dialogues énormes et des situations cocasses. Ajoutez à cela beaucoup de tendresse, ça en fait l'un de mes favoris de toutes les Smartypants Romance. Si vous ne pouvez pas tous les lire, il faut moins lire celui-là !

For regular readers of Penny Reid, the two heroes of this romance will not be unknown because they were both secondary characters, and finally they have their moment *squealing*. we meet Doctor Ken Miles (DKM for intimates) in the book about Elizabeth and Nico, where he was not shown at his best, but here he suddenly turns into a yummy hottie... Steven, who works with Janie and Quinn at Cipher Security (we also see him in Code of Conduct) is just as good ^^.

I have to say that this is the first M/M romance I read, it's not a genre that attracts me particularly and I was right to start with a romance about characters and a universe that I already know :D. Stella Weaver writes very well and perfectly balances scenes of humor, squeakings and emotions.

I went through all the emotional stages with this novel. Even though Steven and DKM will face life challenges and the dramatic tension, this novel is full of humor with awesome dialogues and funny situations. Add to that a lot of tenderness, this makes it one of my favorites of all Smartypants Romance. If you can't read them all, you have to read this one at least !

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